That's nice

"Dignity" is a hand wavy term often used to refer to any subjective "good" qualities the user of the word had in mind.

Let's be more specific and substitute it for the more specific "freedom". Then we have a whole body of knowledge and experience to draw from: Free Software

Luckily you can have both.

Skimmed it and it seems the answer is: all fiat space institutions.

Are there recommendations for doing this with sovereign alternatives? Opting out of fiat institutions seems like the better option.

Does this count for the XMR maxis too? They seem pretty hardcore 🔥

But we don't have near enough data to say anything about total spending. To the point: when no-one in these poor communities accept Monero, even the small total is dominated by Bitcoin. Does that mean Bitcoin is "used more"? Not on its own, no.

Fedimint. Federated custody is key.

There are communities, especially poorer ones, where spedning precedes hodling.

Can't say I know Bulgarian, or that I've been to any of those places, but it looks like a lovely trip! And Titisee sounds great 😜.

This is why I'm here. Smart people making sex/weed degen jokes while completely ignoring the -8.77% drawdown. This is the fucking way! 👏#hodl

Some OP interviewee on a recent podcast (that I can't recall right now) said that this realization was a life changer for him: people usually don't criticize you for what you might do, but for what they would do.